Wheel extractor



E. SONNENBURGL` WHEEL EXTRACTOR.

APPLICATION mso ocT. l. 1921.

Patented Novi?, 1922.

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EMIL SONNENB'URG, OF CAT, WISCONSIN;

Wir-inni. EXT-aileron.

Application filed Gotober 1, 1921. Serial No. 504,542.

To (AZZ/whom 15mm concern.' vided which are ada ted to enffaee on o- 40Be it known that Engin SoNivicNBU-ne, a sitely extending spokes of theWheel and citizen. of the Unit-ed States? and resident ot these hooksare provided with. elongated (lato, in the county of ltlzinitoivoc andState Shanks 8 which are threaded for a consider- 5 of Wisconsin, haveinvented certain new and able portion of their length. The spring usefulimprovements rin Wheel -Flritraetors; strip el is provided at each endwith va plii- -45 and .l do hereby declare that the .following rality ofholes 9, any one of Which is adapt is a iull, clear, and exactdescription thereof. ed to receive the Shank f a hook.

My invention relates to a new and iin- In the operation of iny devicethe spring i0 proved Wheel extractor of the type which strip is disposedas shown in Figure l with may be used in connection with motor vehitheconvex surface of its central portion G cles for removing the tractionWheels from engaging the end of the axle 2. The hooks the rear axlethereof. 7 are engaged `with the spokes and the nuts One oi theimportant objects `of the iiil() are threaded onto the Shanks to exert al5 vention is to provide device 0f this Clim. tension on tlie springstrip which will gradacter which is so constructed that a single uallydraw the Wheel toward the end of the 55 tool may be adapted for use inconnection axle. The plurality 0f holes 9 permit the with practicallyTany style or inake ot motor hooks t0 be adjusted 1.0 any Size 01 type ofvehicles. Wheel. The resilient nature oir the spring It is also anobject of the invention to pro strip is of particular advantage since itfai vide a tool of this kind which in addition @imams the Agradualtlghtemng of the nuts 60 to being adjustable to different sizes and 1 0and they@ is no tendency for the Strip 130 types of Wheels iscomparatively siinple and break.

inexpensive to manufacture. l claiin as niy inventioii:- My invention isillustrated in the acconl- A wheel extractor comprising a fiatelonpanying drawing, 1n Wl11Clit-- gated plate of spring metal adaptedto bear 65 Figure l is a side elevation 0f the inve centrally againstthe end of the axle, a hook tion applied. to the Wheel oi a motorvehicle, for each end of the plate engageable with a and spoke of theWheel and having its shank con- Figure 2 is a frontelevation of thedevice. nected with the plate, the distance between ln the drawing thenumeral 1 indicates the shank and the center of the plate being 7o the4axle housing of a motor vehicle from adjustable, and means for drawingthe hooks which the threaded end 2 of the axle protoward the plate to'force the Wheel toward jects. The spokes ol the Wlieel lare indicatedthe end of the axle.

at 3. My `improved tool comprises a nat ln testimony thatl claiin theforegoing l elongated strip 4 oit spring steel Which is have hereuntoset my liand at Cato, in the 75 preferably bent centrally to form twopoi`A county ot ll/,lanitoivoo and State ot Wiscon tions 5 and 6 whichextend at a Wide obtuse sin. y angle to each other; T Wo hooks 7 arepro- EMIL SONNENBURG.

